Conductor s fare-box



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T. W. MOORE.

OONDUOTORS FARE BOX;

No. 439,600. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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THOMAS W. MOORE, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS IV. MOORE, JR, OF FAIRHAVEN, WASHINGTON.

CONDUCTORS FARE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 439,600, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed December 14, 1888. Serial No. 293,578. (No model.)

To all'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conductors Fare- Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of an improved construction of package or coin cells, ejecting or selecting apparatus, and a collecting-receptacle for the use of car-conductors to facilitate the keeping of the money collected and making of change; and it also consists of an im proved construction for and application of fare-registering apparatus to the box, all as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in

- which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, but is in several parts, represented in front elevation, and it represents the machine as it will be used, except as to the parts omitted in the sections. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a detail of the push-stud for working the counter. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the coin-cells and its ejector device inverted. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the ejecting-arms employed for discharging from the penny-cell. Figs. 6 and 7 are details of the ejector apparatus for the package-cell. Fig. 8 is a central transverse vertical section. Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse section through the coin-cells of the right-hand side of Fig. 1 and the collectin g-receptacle below.

In my approved case a, and preferably having eye-studs b or other suitable means for slinging it by a strap or cord from the neck of the conductor, I arrange package-cells, as c, for packages 01 of change, or coin-cells e for separate coins e, or both, using different cells for different denominations of both packages and coins, although in this instance I have only represented one package-cell with dis charging devices to each cell adapted for discharging one package or one coin at a time; also,a passage f, common to all the cells, and

a pocket 9 at the bottom of the case for reception of the packages or coins and arranged for access through a suitable opening h in the lower portion of the case-front h to insert the hand for taking out the change delivered thereinto, and with each package-cell is another cell 1' for reception of partitionslides j, which I use in the package-cells to separate the packages and let them fall one by one by pulling out the lower slide, said slide resting on cleats it, between which the released package falls and on which the next slide drops with the rest of the packages and slide above it. In this example the packagecell c is located over the passage f, with the inlet-slot c for admitting the packages in the top, and the coin-cells are in groups on opposite sides of the passage with their inlet-slots e in the front of the case, the cells of each group being placed over one another, and all arranged to discharge into the passage f. This will be the general arrangement; but it is obvious that the cells may be variously grouped with relation to the passage.

Besides the coin-cells, by which I mean the cells for the five denominations of silver and nickel coins, from which only one coin is generally required in each instance of making change, I arrange a cell m for pennies, partly at the side and partly at the back of the smallest coin-cell, and with this cell I provide a discharging device adapted for ejecting five together, because when pennies are to be given out five are generally required; but the same discharging contrivance as is used with the coin-cells may be employed, if desired, for the coin-cells. The discharging device may consist of any approved pusher to be thrust forward by the finger. is carried on the movable end of the lazy-tongs 0, having a fulcrum at p, on which it swings, and a finger-piece (1, on which the operator presses to thrust the pusher forward against the lower coin in the cell and eject it through the opening 8 only wide enough for the escape of one coin at a time, said lazy-tongs also having a spring tto retract it, and the pusher and the tongs being controlled to work along the bottom of the cell and through the slot to against the coin.

The pusher n It is to be noted that the lazy-tongs 0 for actuating the pushers are located between the cells and the side walls of the case a, so that the finger-pieces q are protected and mostly concealed within the case, but are at the same time readily accessible through openings if, provided in said side walls, through which the thumb or finger maybe inserted and applied to the finger-pieces for working them.

Instead of the lazy-tongs for actuating the pusher, it may have a long shank v fixed to the slide under the bottom of the cell, with a retracting spring 10 surroundingit, and having a finger-piece 00 connected and supported at the front of the case by a wire 3 projecting out through the slot .2 in said front; but I prefer the lazy-tongs device.

The pusher it may be connected to the lazytongs o by a lever is, located at back or front of the cell 6, when in the case of a large cell the space between it and the side of the case is not sufficiently large to afford room for the tongs, and said lever may have a parallel m0- tion-joint Z to enable the pusher to travel in the path of the coin.

For the ejecting device above referred to for discharging the pennies I arrange the revolving arms 0, Figs. 1, 5, and 9, at the bottom of the cell m, and in suitable relations thereto on the pivot-ed hub d, as shown, to receive, say, five coins between them, and so that when turned by the operator and each space passes the lower end of guard a said arms will eject them all from one space at a time from chute f into the passage f.

In the operation of this device the ejectingarms are adjusted with relation to cell on for receiving therefrom the coins dropped in. When five have accumulated in one space, the arms may shift forward the extent of one space, when five more may be dropped therein, if the conductor has them, and as many spaces may be so charged in advance as are covered by the retaining-guard. Then when one arm of a charged space is shifted beyond the end of said guard, the five coins therein will drop out. The arms are located back of the smaller cells 0 and swing partly in the passage f, and the guard a is also located in said passage, but not so that they obstruct the fall of the packages or coins discharged into the passage above. The arms may he turned by any approved means, as the knob t", projecting out through the case and gearing by a pinion j with a corresponding pinion j on the hub d of the arms.

For pulling out the partitions j to discharge the packages d, I use the tongs m, pivoted at g and normally extended by the spring n and rod 0 of the pull-knob 19, said tongs havinga hooks, that, being a rigid part of the bar 15 of the tongs, swings into connection with the partition through a hole in it when returned to the normal position, and swings downward in the act of pulling out the partition, so as to escape from it and let it fall into the partition-cell This partitioirslide arrangement may be used for dis charging the coins, if desired.

On the top of the case I arrange the endless pointer-carrier a on the carrying-rollers 7 for recording the fares collected by the scale to with a push-stud w to shift the carrier along the scale, said carrier having inclined teeth y on the inside on which the spur z of stud 9; acts when pushed down to force the carrier along. The stem of the pusher-stud is of angular form in cross-section and fits slack in the slideway a of similar form, allowing the spur to swing clear of the teeth on the back or upstroke, so as to pass the teeth and the spring b also used for throwing back the push-stud, and turns it to swing the spur forward over the top of the tooth ready for the next operation.

The endless carrier may consist of a flexible belt a, with metallic teeth 11 attached or formed together with the belt in any approved way.

In the space below the top of the case I provide a bell c and hammer d in suitable relation to the push-stud for causing a signal to be given each time the counter is shifted through the action of the push-stud on the hammer at the same time that it is depressed to shift the counter, the said action of the push-stud thereon being the thrust of the point f on and escape of the same from the angle of the hammer, which pushes it away from the bell and allows the spring-shank of the hammer to throw it back against the hell; but any approved gong-bell contrivance may be employed.

I am aware of the patent to Hopkins, No. 339,986, in which a money-changer is represented such as is adapted for use in a store where there is unlimited space, allowing the series of cells to be placed in horizontal plane, as they are therein represented, and I do not claim such a device, broadly.

My invention is designed to provide a practicable fare-box for being suspended from the neck on the breast of a conductor or placed between the door and window of a car, where the cells cannot be so placed, and hence my invention consists, essentially, of a series of cells placed one above another, with ejectors tributary to a vertical passage along up the series and discharging into the receptacle, receivin g and holding them in such manner that only one hand is needed for removing the change therefrom, while the Hopkins device requires one hand to open the discharge-gate and the other to receive the change discharged thereby.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, substantially as described, in a fare-box, of a coin or package cell, an ejector, the lazy-tong extension device, and a spring connected with and oper ating the ejector, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, substantially as described, in a fare-box, of a coin. or package cell, Separating and discharging partitionslides, and an ejector for removing the slides, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, substantially as described, in a fare-box, of a coin or package cell, separating and discharging partitionslides, an ejector for removing the slides, and a cell for reception of the partition-slides, as set forth.

4. The combination, substantially as described, in a fare-box, of a coin-cell, a coinejector therewith, a lazy-ton gs and spring connected with the ejector, a push-piece on the lazy-tongs, and a case inolosing the cell and ejector and having an opening in the side through which the push-piece of the lazytongs is accessible for working it, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS W. MOORE. Witnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, WILFBED B. EARLL. 

